Bayezid Cami

mosque, Edirne, Turkey

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The Bayezid Cami is a mosque located in Edirne, Turkey. It was built by Sultan Bayezid II in 1488. The mosque features a large dome supported by four walls and an elegant marble niche pointing towards Mecca. Edirne itself is a city with a strategic location, historically serving as a forward base for Ottoman expansion into Europe and as the capital of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1458. The city has a rich history, including being renamed Hadrianopolis by the Roman emperor Hadrian and being the site of the Battle of Adrianople.1

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The Mosque of Bayezid (Bayezid Cami), built by Sultan Bayezid II in 1488, has a great dome supported by four walls and an elegant marble niche pointing toward Mecca. Bedesten is a restored 15th-century covered bazaar.
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The Mosque of Bayezid (Bayezid Cami), built by Sultan Bayezid II in 1488, has a great dome supported by four walls and an elegant marble niche pointing toward Mecca. Bedesten is a restored 15th-century covered bazaar.
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